Mal Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Shit just got real for rocket and company but with the mod still around they can still experiment before they release anything for the standalone game. Pricing wise, it is fine as it is right now but it be cool if pack/incentive between the standalone and ARMA 3 since I feel that the standalone will be based off whatever engine ARMA 3 is running. I'm worried about the future but it will be nice to have a more dedicated dev team behind this idea. Bring on the zombie hordes ala Walking Dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 A few things here: 1) They don't seem to be putting it onto the Arma III engine based on this quote: "Development and updates of the mod will continue in parallel with the development of the game, so anyone who is playing the mod now will be able to continue to do so." 2) Rocket already works for Bohemia. He was already full-time working on Day-Z after it got successful. Now they're just giving him a team since the product stands up on its own. This is comparable to what has happened in the past at Valve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Does this mean that, if released as a standalone game, DayZ will be a complete package, i.e. engine and assets altogether in the one download? I could really use that if it ever came to me getting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I've been out of Day Z for a few weeks and now when I go check around... I find that apparently there is an unofficial "new" map? "New" since it is an existing Arma II map just like Chernarus. Its called Lingor if I am not mistaken. Color me interested. A few things here: 1) They don't seem to be putting it onto the Arma III engine based on this quote: "Development and updates of the mod will continue in parallel with the development of the game, so anyone who is playing the mod now will be able to continue to do so." 2) Rocket already works for Bohemia. He was already full-time working on Day-Z after it got successful. Now they're just giving him a team since the product stands up on its own. This is comparable to what has happened in the past at Valve. A while back rocket has stated that he did play around with Day Z with the Arma III engine with some other Bohemia devs. He indicated that it worked pretty well. If that is true then to me it would be odd to just work with the Arma II engine when Arma III is set to be released soon enough (pushed to early 2013 I think? It was pose to be this year.). It would be even stranger if they went with their own game engine. My money is on the Arma III engine or at least one based on that engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 http://dayzdev.tumblr.com/post/41444643504/this-is-the-first-update-when-i-have-sat-down-and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I'm excited, not really because I really want to play the standalone DayZ (or DayZ in general), but because these are all features ARMA 2 itself could use, and ones I expect they'll add to ARMA 3 (if they haven't already). I could give two shits about changing clothes, but things like weapon attachments, lighting improvements, and (most importantly) improved server infrastructure is a big, big deal. Also hoping the version of Chernarus with all enterable buildings they're developing eventually gets released in vanilla A2 after the standalone releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 http://store.steampowered.com/app/224580/ It's now up on Steam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 There also seems to be some evidence that the standalone will show up on the PS4. If it does... its not going to be cross-platform is it? There is no debate on how murdered most console folks will be in a gunfight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Out on Early Access for those interested. http://store.steampowered.com/app/221100/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Not trying to be a smartass but what does the standalone version do to differentiate itself from the free mod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 The most major changes/goals I see is better zombie AI with better placement, better netcode with at least 100 players and shitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Isn't it also on the newer engine. Oh also it's standalone, which the free mod requires the purchase of ARMA II and Combined Operations, which aren't free (and except on sale, about the same price as Day-Z) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 It's not the Arma 3 engine. It's been dubbed the "Arma 2.5" engine by people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoStarr Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Is it still full of weird animation glitches and stuff? Like people standing upright on death and whatnot? I haven't played in ages; this may have been fixed in the mod already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Recently played it after about 6 months off. It's about the same, still has bugs (for instance a fine fellow taught me to duplicate all of his gear last time I played), but it has a bit more polish and a lot more items.I actually rather enjoy the scavenging and to some extent the thrill of maybe getting shot in my 30 minutes running sessions. It's still fun to run into heros from time to time and team up/eventually die together. Also they've added a number of light source items so playing on a server with nighttime enabled may become reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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